Research Article

A Reliable Visual Inspection Method for Vulnerability Assessment of Hyperstatic Structures Using Fuzzy Logic Analysis

Table 10

Degradation assessment card beams.

Structural element Type of degradation Linguistic judgement Safety goal Safety exponent

BeamShear stressSmallMedium5.12
MediumLarge3.88
LargeVery large3.00
Longitudinal stressSmallSlightly small5.62
MediumMedium4.50
LargeLarge3.25